White Stripes Bring Devil to Georgia
Since the release of their first album in 1999, Jack and Meg White have established a potent image as the White Stripes: a musical directive embellished with few trimmings but well versed in several styles. Exhibiting ever more recombinant blues, country, folk, and garage rock, the Stripes' albums have gotten increasingly ambitious while remaining accessible -- a trait reflected in swelling sales figures and crowd sizes -- yet the Stripes' performances have remained unwaveringly primitive.
By Spin Staff; Tony Ware 06.14.05 3:00 AM
Following the Stripes' June 10 headlining appearance at the 12th Annual Music Midtown in Atlanta -- the band's lone performance in the U.S. before kicking off a tour in late July -- it remains clear the group's minimalist preoccupations are both a boon and burden live. As a consequence, the Stripes' set was a bit of an uneven tear through songs spanning the duo's five-album catalog.
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